Jennifer S. Martinez

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Jennifer Suzanne Martinez is an American nanoscientist known for her research on fluorescent silver nanoclusters and their applications as biosensors. [1] Other topics in her research include nanoscale superlattices, and the genetic engineering of biomolecules that interact with metals. [2] She works at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she is deputy director of the Materials Physics and Applications Division. [3]

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Education and career

Martinez was a chemistry major at the University of Utah. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Barbara under the supervision of Alison Butler. [2]

She joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2002, initially as a Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, and remained there until 2018, when she took a position at Northern Arizona University as a professor in the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science and founding director of the Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!). [2] In 2022 she returned to the Los Alamos National Laboratory as deputy director of the Materials Physics and Applications Division. [3]

Recognition

Martinez was a 2007 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. [4] She was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012. [5] In 2016 the Los Alamos National Laboratory gave her their Fellows Prize. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Clark, Carol A. (November 7, 2016), "Five Los Alamos Scientists Receive 2016 Fellows Prize", Los Alamos Daily Post, retrieved 2025-12-30
  2. 1 2 3 "CEMS Seminar Series - Dr. Jennifer Martinez", Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, November 16, 2021, retrieved 2025-12-30
  3. 1 2 "Jennifer Martinez", ORCiD, retrieved 2025-12-30
  4. ↑ Energy Department Scientists and Engineers Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards, US Department of Energy Office of Science, December 19, 2008, retrieved 2025-12-30
  5. ↑ AAAS Members Elected as Fellows, American Association for the Advancement of Science, November 30, 2012, retrieved 2025-12-30
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